Jockey Club plans restrictions on workload of riders

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IT IS ironically symbolic of the summer ahead that the turf Flat season should open at Kempton Park today with most of the leading jockeys detained elsewhere. Soon, the grass course at Sunbury will be dug up to accommodate its floodlit future, while impending restrictions on jockeys’ midsummer schedules could mean some of the top names are missing from evening racing.

Constant expansion of the fixture list, due to be developed further with extra twilight meetings next year, has brought the potential workload of Flat riders to breaking point. Inevitabile stress and fatigue brings the prospect of a calamity on